::trick.or.treat::

We have had a fun week getting ready for and celebrating Halloween!! Earlier in the week we had a little Halloween Party for Jackobi & her friends. It was such a fun morning! Hectic & mad chaos, but fun!! We decorated pumpkins & played "Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin" and of course had our fair share of treats & goodies! I love that Jackobi has such a cute group of little friends, with such fun moms! It really does make life that much sweeter!

Jackobi has really gotten into "crafty" things lately. She loved decorating these little pumpkins & would take her time making sure things were "just perfect" and "oh so cute!" *her words, not mine :)*

And finally HALLOWEEN!!! Here's our little Tinkerbell ... I think she looked quite darling!! She loved spinning in her little outfit and flying anywhere she could run!

Jackobi was really fun & understood a lot more this year, especially the candy part!! She even chimed in an energetic little "trick or treat" when we were greeted at doors.

She's at such a fun age right now!! I can hardly wait to see what she thinks of Santa this year. I couldn't get her very close to him last year, but let's hope it's better than this experience!

Only 8 more weeks! But really, who's counting?

Pumpkin Fun

Oh I love the fall! Pretty much everything about it in fact. Last week we took the kids to the Pumpkin Patch and they had a blast. We picked a good morning and lucked into a nice, sunny day!

They all had fun checking out the funny shaped bin of ghords and mini pumpkins. Surprisingly, these were Jackobi's favorite!

{{Peyton::Maybree::Jackobi::Evie}}

There were some really fun & cute activities. They loved digging through the bins of pumpkins, playing in the wagon, crawling through the pumpkins mouth & the corn maze. What a fun morning!

I think Jackobi has already inherited my love for Fall, but who could blame her? It was a perfect pumpkin patch day!

::Vegas Jackobi Style::

A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to make one last trip to see Sara before I hit my 3rd trimester & can't fly anymore. So my mom, Jackobi and I packed up and off we went! It couldn't have come at a more perfect time! It was a much more low key weekend than we usually have, but we had a blast! It was still pretty warm there, so we spent a lot of time outside. Jackobi loved the fountains at the park, she had fun dancing around the streams of water.

Carosuel rides & movies in the park. What a magical night! Jackobi had her FIRST experience on carosuel and was an instant fan. She already loves horses and this was just the icing on the cake! We had to make several trips back & find the EXACT same horse. She named it Rainbow Shine (funny!) and still talks about the pony to this day!!

The same night they were showing Beauty & the Beast at a nearby park. This has been one of Jackobi's favorite movies for a long time & she was in awh of it. As we lay on the grass & peered up at the huge screen, it was fun to hear her spout off lines & sing in unison with Belle. Such a fun night! I'm sure every little girl's dream!

The next day we went to Mickey's Magic Show. I wasn't sure if she would be old enough to like a show like this, but she LOVED IT!! We could hardly keep her in her chair, she was up standing, singing and shouting "abrah kadabra" and waving her imaginary magicians wand.

They featured a few of the Disney princesses which I think was her favorite part!

We had such a great trip & definately enjoyed the ☼ sunshine ☼ and all the fun festivities!! Thanks again mom & Sara for such a great weekend!

I was wrong ....

I envisioned my Dr. appointment last week to go perfectly. I would go in, get checked out, schedule an ultrasound and find that my previously torn placenta was healed perfectly and life could return to normal (as normal as it can when you're 25 weeks pregnant I guess!) My 'To Do' list has grown and I was ready (really ready) to get started on it. Especially the nursery! Which I'm quite certain was done at this point of my pregnancy with Jackobi. But that wasn't the case.

Things with the baby did check out perfectly, his heartrate is strong, although it was a little challanging to get a good reading because we have a fiesty little boy in there who really likes to kick (and I mean a HARD kick) the heartrate doppler. The nurse even had to laugh because it took us so many tries. He'd kick, roll to the other side and kick again. But it was strong, (his kick's AND the heartbeat.) and he's growing, my giant tummy can attest to that!

However, no ultrasound was scheduled and my "modified" bedrest ... well, it wasn't modified much. I thought that 5 weeks of "taking it easy" would be plenty, but it's not. My Dr. told me that even if my placenta had started to heal, it would still be weak and there's no sense in risking it. (which I totoally agree with) So ... I was told, that I better get used to "not doing much" until this baby is born. NOT, what I expected! But I AM thankful for good Dr's and a very healthy baby. I just have to be really selective on what I spend my energy on & limit what I do. So I guess we'll see how the next 15 weeks of this pregnancy go!

One more week until I hit my 3rd trimester, and I'm happy that my Dr. at least allowed me to travel to see my sister. (I had to promise not to break any of the rules though ...) So it was low key, but much needed weekend away! {More to come later ....}

Making life a little more interesting, last week Nate got his foot smashed by a forklift at work. THANKFULLY it's not broken, but his foot is pretty swollen & he's in a walking boot for a few weeks at least. (Jackobi thinks it's pretty fantastic that her Daddy's foot is purple :) ) So we're two peas in a pod hobbling along and not doing much ... I guess we'll be netflixing a lot in weeks to come!!

twenty.eight

Nate turned 28 in September and it was fun to celebrate!! Jackobi really understands birthday's (or "happy days" as she would say :) ) and LOVES to sing {loudly} and blow out candles. It's honestly is one of her favorite things to do right now!! I wasn't feeling very well, so am thankful to my mom & Nate's mom for having little family parties for him. Happy birthday Nate! We love you!

{gone fishing}

A couple of weeks ago, when the sun was hot & bright, we took Jackobi and Anna fishing. Although we weren't really hoping to catch any fish (hence the sinker on Jackobi's pole :) ) the girls sure had a fun morning casting their lines into the water. They sat at the end of the dock for a bit, chattering away with matching princess fishing poles dipped in the water. Each seeming to understand the other even when jibberish overpowered the actual words. I love these two girls and their sweet relationship. They're so fun to watch grow together!! ♥

peas & carrots

After a few crazy rain & wind storms we thought our garden was done for, but we did manage to have some success in our first garden this summer!! Our corn & cucumbers left MUCH to be desired, but a few of my favorite things managed to survive! Jackobi loved to pull carrots straight from the ground, wash them off and snack on them. (I promise they weren't all as small as the one's in the picture above!! We actually ended up with some pretty decent sized carrots.)

Our other favorite treat has been peas. Oh how we love fresh peas!! This became our daily ritual. We'd pick a little bag full of peas & sit on the deck to shell them. I always had good intentions of using them for dinner or freezing some, but this girl LOVES fresh peas!! She could eat them just about as fast as we could shell them!!

After a couple of days she had a pretty good little system down for herself to shell her treat. :)

All in all, the garden was worth it!! Just for the shear excitement Jackobi got each day from cheking, watering, weeding and picking. She was sure a good little helper!